15 Amazing Video Game Discs Facts You Need To Know

CDs, DVDs and Blu-rays are an essential part of gaming history and they hold some surprising secrets.

Posted By | On 22nd, Oct. 2018

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Xbox 360’s HD-DVD Player

Back in the day, Microsoft didn’t opt for the Blu-ray format with its Xbox 360 console. Instead, it introduced an add-on player called the HD-DVD that was separate from the main console. As a result, numerous titles like Assassin’s Creed 3, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow and even The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim Legendary Edition had to be shipped on multiple DVD discs. Surprising no one, the HD-DVD player and the overall format flopped.


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